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Henderson, NC

14,997 Population
8.6 square miles 1,738.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,916 ±$2,156 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: $26,771 ±$1,565
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$37,670 ±$4,239 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: $48,340 ±$3,954
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

26.6% ±4.6% (3,882  ±666) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 18.7% † 7,862 (±3% / ±1,245)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

21 minutes ±2.5 (118,935  ±17,986) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 25.3 409,585 (±1.8 / ±36,998)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

5,832 ±416 Number of households
  • the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 16,123 ±432
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.5 ±0.2 (14,531  ±59) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 2.6 41,828 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

4.8% ±2.7% (180  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 5% † 469 (±2% / ±191)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

6,945 ±398 Number of housing units
  • the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 19,392 ±29
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$108,700 ±$15,177 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: $133,000 ±$11,394
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

13% ±3.4% (1,925  ±,497.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 10.8% † 4,560 (±2.1% / ±,874.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

82.1% ±6.4% (7,801  ±,735.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 84.7% 24,384 (±4.2% / ±1,206.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
17.1% ±3.1% (1,628  ±,310.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 17.8% † 5,128 (±2.1% / ±,594.2)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.4% ±2.6% (965  ±387) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 5.2% 2,215
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

4.8% ±1.6% (541  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 6.9% † 2,248 (±1.2% / ±377)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
541 Total veterans ±180 497 Male ±174 44 Female ±45

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